Bible Adventures FAQ/Walkthrough v. 1.1 This Faq copyright 2000 Ezra Poetker(Epoetker.) Any reproduction in whole or in part without my permission is prohibited. To obtain this permission, please E-mail me nicely at epoetker@hotmail.com If you're either too forgetful or too lazy to do that, I don't want MY work on YOUR site and will probably take legal action against you. Once again, Al Amaloo at about.com is free to use my FAQs on his site as he pleases, he's EARNED that right. Version history: 9/15/2000 v.1.1: Fixed oddities, added new E-mail address. 3/14/2000 v.1.0: First version. Ya gotta admit, Wisdom Tree struck a pretty decent blow at Nintendo by being the first ones to legally release a third party title for the NES without Nintendo's famous "Seal of Quality." The game itself is mediocre, but it's not that bad, and even mindlessly fun at times, like all good Nintendo games should be. Plus it's probably the only source of Biblical education some gamers are going to get, so it deserves mega points for that. Lastly, it packs three games onto one cartridge, and the games are actually half decent, unlike a certain other compilation called Quattro Adventure.(Ick, and that one wasn't even religiously based.) Seanbaby put it in his "Top 20 worst games of all time," but that was only to knock it around for being religiously based. (I do hate people with automatic biases that turn you away from good games, don't you?)In any case, since Nintendo didn't support it and Wisdom Tree is who-knows-where, here's probably the only FAQ you'll see on Bible Adventures. Noah and the Ark: I'll go through this game level by level. Level 1: Oxen, cows: These animals are so heavy that if Noah jumps, they'll fall out of his hands. This can be something of a problem, since you have to jump up a series of platforms to reach the ark door. Just keep picking them back up when they fall and jumping straight up to the next platform to add them to your inventory. Monkeys: Annoying little buggers. You can either chase them around the tops of the trees and the ark(and risk getting killed by snakes and woodpeckers) or you can just throw a blunt object at them(like the coconuts they throw at you)to knock them out for easy carry. Pigs: Don't laugh at those greased pig contests they hold in redneck country. Those porkers are extremely slippery, even without grease. Drop some hay or some other type of food next to them and pick them up while they're eating. Horses: Somewhat annoying. Chase, or bait/knock out with food. Snakes: (NOT THE TREE SNAKES!)They're on top of the big gray cavern. Climb up the trees and pick them off the top. Level 2: Dose skwewy boids. It's time to gather the boids. I HATE BOIDS! Dey fly 'round, dey drop dey're doo on ya, and...forget it, I can't hold a New York gangster accent for more than a few seconds without laughing uncontrollably. Seriously, though this level is a pain in the rear. So far, I have two strategies for catching birds: A: Keep chasing them until you reach the edge of the screen, then pick them up-this works most of the time, but sometimes they'll just turn around and have you chase them back to the OTHER end. B: Knock 'em out! Special birds(of course, they're ALL special...) Eagles: Not to be confused with the ones which pick you up and drop you. Those are always in the air, these are sitting down until you come near them, at which point they fly away. Blackbirds: Kinda hard to see. Just look for a whitish spot in the trees that flies away when you come near. Other animals: Turtles: Laugh at them as they try to escape. Throw something at them, then wait for them to get up and start trying to escape again. Laugh some more. Easiest darn things to pick up in the entire game. Pandas: Peaceful creatures. Yeah right. Feed 'em a pear, otherwise they'll bite you with their bamboo-shredding teeth. Level 3: Mmmm...food... I was kidding when I said that the last level was the hardest, it'll seem like a walk in the park when you look at your list of things to collect(7 of everything? Couldn't God just do that multiplying-fish- and-bread thing? No? Darn...) It is now time to get acquainted with your friends the monkeys! The red ones will be throwing three varieties of fruit at you, while the yellow will be tossin' the old coconuts. Bear in mind that the monkeys have to be sitting on a ledge ABOVE you before they start making faces and throwing fruit. This will probably be the most tedious part of the game, but then again, you get to relive the experiences of thousands of animal control officers and lab researchers who spent untold hours waiting for an apathetic monkey to make up its mind and do what it was supposed to...stupid little simians...you'll also be collecting the cows and bulls running ALL over the place, just be careful that the bulls don't charge at you (although by now your life bar should be pretty high, so occasionally getting gored by bull horns isn't that bad.) Finally, you'll be collecting the bales of hay and the sheaves of wheat lying around; the only thing you need to know is that two hay bales are hidden in the cave. Whew! One more level to go... Level 4: Lions and tigers and...koala bears, oh my! KEEP THE FIREFLY JAR AT ALL TIMES! It makes this level a WHOLE lot easier. If for some reason you get it knocked out of your hand and can't find it, you'll have to rely on the periodic lightning flashes to see where you're going. But just in case you DO lose it, just run all the way back to the left and pick it up again. I would most definitely suggest that you keep another item below it(the meat bone is a good choice)just in case of an accident. Anyway... Lions, panthers: OCCASIONALLY they may jump at you, but usually they don't bother. Just pick them up and take 'em to the ark. Tigers: Can't pick 'em up unless you bait/clobber them with the meat bone. Owls: I hate birds, and owls are no exception. Jackals, Leopards: No comment. Ducks, Koalas: Awww...how cute... If you don't know how the ending to this game goes, then we probably have to rethink that church/state separation thing... Baby Moses: I'm only giving general guidlines for this game, since the levels are actually pretty straightforward... Your task is, obviously, to reach the end of the level with Baby Moses. He hasn't learned how to part the waters yet, so be careful about where you throw him! If he lands in the water, you'll have to go ALL the way back to the beginning of the level to pick up the new Moses dropped off by God(he must have gone through about a hundred of those things, considering how many times I had to repeat those levels...anyway...)If you get hit by something, try to pick Moses back up as quickly as possible, because the Egyptian soldiers roaming around have no qualms about picking Moses up and throwing him in the Nile. Try to keep some other object on the bottom of your stack, preferably one of the many chunks of masonry which the Egyptian kids throw at you. In addition to being a good "sacrificial" item, it's also good for KILLING the soldiers and birds. Nope, they don't go to sleep, they DIE. (Tune in next week for "Escape from Auschwitz," Wisdom Tree's newest entry in their "Jewish women get revenge" series. Chaim!)Other things to remember...master the running jump, because many of the platforms tend to be just a LITTLE bit too far away to be reached with the standard jump(something you should take note of once you see the Continue screen for the twentieth time.) Also, about those little blocks that make you jump higher...sometimes if you run onto them they'll send you up into the clouds(and hopefully some bonus items.) And if all else fails...run through the levels like a madwoman! This worked for me...sometimes. Stupid tarantulas... David and Goliath: Noah's Ark has that charm, but I do think that this particular game was the most fun. In the first four levels you have to find your four sheep and bring them back to the pen(the little flashing arrow,) and on the fifth level you have to advance past the Philistine army Terminator-style and kill Goliath. General stategies: Lions: If there's no sheep around, they won't attack. But if you're holding one... Chipmunks: Evil little creatures. But the nuts they throw are good for stunning lions and bears. Bears: Apparently, they can only hurt you when standing up. But I wouldn't take chances. Knock 'em out with an acorn or something. Mountain goats: If you can manage it, pick them up and throw them somewhere else. Anything to get those hard horns AWAY. Knocking them out is also good. Sheep: If you can, try to bring back all four at once. Scorpions: PAIN. Hands down the most annoying enemies. Avoidance is the only option. Philistine soldiers: You have a slingshot, might as well practice it on these guys. Rocks: I hate rocks. However, they SHOULD stop falling once you get near the top of the mountain. Goliath's Shield-bearer: Harder than Goliath himself. You can't KILL him per se, but when you hit him he get's knocked back, so try to knock him off the edge of the cliff. It's kind of hard to do. Actually, it's REALLY hard to do. I got knocked off the cliff time and time again... Goliath: He laughs at your puny slingshot. Wipe that smile off his face by aiming your stone for his forehead. It'll take a couple of tries, but you should get it pretty easily. Maybe I should go with the "professional" formatting...anyway, here's my thanks... God, for ensuring that a Biblically based video game DIDN'T suck. Wisdom Tree, for helping God out. CjayC(duh) for giving me a site to post this FAQ on. J Dog, for being relentlessly supportive. Al Amaloo, for providing an alternate site if(God forbid) Gamefaqs goes down. Apoc, wallywest/bluebeetle, rikymaru, Bonadventure, and all the others who showed me that there are still intelligent Christians on the boards! Dais, even though I flamed you, you were still one of the coolest posters of all time... Michael Behe, for writing "Darwin's Black Box," the most scientifically astute argument against evolution...anywhere. Jesus, the Light of the world, Jesus, the Prince of peace(new way to praise him with each FAQ..:) Once again, this FAQ is copyright 2000 by Ezra Poetker(Epoetker) All reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited without the consent of the author. If you find this FAQ on a site other than Gamefaqs or about.com, E-mail me immediately at epoetker@hotmail.com